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Living Library

NorQuest College 2025 Living Library
January 27, 28, & 30

 

We are Recruiting Speakers!

Interested in participating?

Apply on the Be a Speaker page.

 

 

Living Library Committee:

  • Samantha Nugent (co-chair)
  • April Lafreniere (co-chair)
  • Saniya Ghalehdar 
  • Audrey Wong
  • Caitlin Ratcliffe
  • Sheena Sereda
  • Emily Guthrie-Plouffe

If you have any questions or comments,
send us an e-mail.

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Formerly known as a 'Human Library'**, the Living Library upholds the spirit of the original event with the intent of creating a safe space for dialogue and to increase our understanding of others’ perspectives and experiences including those affected by stigma and prejudice. The event features people with diverse backgrounds or unique life experiences sharing their stories with a small group of Listeners. Spending time with a Speaker enables Listeners to learn more deeply about the Speaker's experience of culture, spirituality, disability, identity, gender—whatever the case may be. 

 

**Human Libraries were first staged in 2000 by a Danish youth organization called 'Stop the Violence' and have since been organized all over the world. To find out more about this movement for social change, please visit the Human Library Organization website. 
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